Lacing



UNITED STATES PATENT DEEICE.

ELEAZER KEHPSHALL, OF NElVTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LACING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,056, dated January26, 1897.

Application filed November 2l, 1896. Serial No. 612,978. (No specimens.)

To all whom' iv' may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ELEAZER KEMrsHALL,

of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetis,have invented certain newr and useful Improvements in Lacings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its objectthe production of a new lacing; and it consists in the novel features of construction and relative arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described in the specication, clearly illustrated in the drawings, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, forming a part of this application, in which like characters indicate like parts wherever they occur.

Figure l represents a front elevation of a lacing constructed in accordance with my invention, a portion thereof being shown in section in order to illustrate the arrangement of the several parts. Fig. 2 represents a detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of the tip of the lacing. tional View showing another form of tip.

Referring to the drawings, in the embodiment of my invention therein shown and selected by me for the purpose of illustrating the same a represents a lacing comprising a continuous core a', which is preferably a cord of hemp or other tough fibrous material, and a tubular covering or sheath a2, of lacing fabric,woven in the usual way. Any desired mechanism may be employed for Weavin g the sheath a2 about thecore a'.

b b represent tips affixed to the ends of the core and sheath in any suitable way. The tips may be of plastic material molded about each end of the core and sheath and secured in place by the interlocking of the plastic ma- Fig. 3 represents a seoshown in Fig. 2, by the engagement of said material with an enlargement a3, formed by making a knot in the end of the lacing.

The tips may be of any other suitable nature and may be composed of pieces of wire w, wound helically around the ends of the sheath, as shown in Fig. 3, the core being extended into or through the parts of the sheath enveloped by the tips, so that both the core and sheath are firmly secured to the tips, it being important in all cases to have a secure connection between the ends ofthe core and the tips.

The core not only increases the tensile strength of the lacing, but forms a cushion or backing` for the portions of the sheath that bear on the lacing-hooks of a shoe and to a considerable extent protect said portions from the wear and abrasion that usually attend the 4bearing of a shoe-lacing on the edges of a lacing-hook.

l. As an article of manufacture, a lacing comprising a tubular Woven body or sheath, tips aixed to the ends thereof, and a continuous flexible core attached at its ends to the tips and extending through the tubular sheath.

2, As an article of manufacture, a lacing comprising a tubular Woven body or sheath, a continuous nonn1etallic iiexible core within the sheath, and tips interlocked with the ends of the core and sheath.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 19th day of November, A. D. 1896. ELEAZER KEMPSI'IALL. Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRISON. 

